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Why mission should matter to leaders
17 May 2012 1:55 PM | No CommentsDuring my lifetime as a person with a disability it often seems that we are the “canaries in the coal mines,” buffeted by health care, legislative and public policy changes on the state and national level. Organizations like Courage Center help even out the rough...
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High Performance “Festivus”
14 May 2012 7:04 AM | No CommentsAbout a month ago, I attended a four-day “High Performance Leadership and Team Intensive” designed and lead by members of the human performance consulting firm, Performance Unlimited. I have attended too many leadership development workshops, seminars and classes to count and I enjoy learning new...
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Who’s in Your Circle?
08 May 2012 7:14 PM | No CommentsLet’s say you work for a small nonprofit in Minnesota. Let’s also say you focus on environmental and sustainability issues. When you’re looking to expand your network and brush up on skills, sometimes it’s good to be surrounded by other nonprofit folks doing similar work,...
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Bunko Busting Book Club
Posted on January 18, 2012 | No CommentsThis past month, I participated in a small group that set out to improve our own dialog around Diversity and Inclusion. As a part of the discussion, we took a page out of the One Minneapolis One Read playbook and we read The Grace of... -
Recognize your potential to “be the change” in your community
Posted on January 17, 2012 | No CommentsThis weekend I was flipping through TV channels and, while I usually skip over the community programming on cable TV, I happened to land on a city council meeting. A resident I would guess to be in his 60s was thanking the council for recent... -
Prevent the Dread: ToolKit for Planning a 30-Year Class Reunion
Posted on January 16, 2012 | No CommentsDreading your upcoming high school class reunion? For those of us at a “certain age,” the mere thought dredges up feelings about stature, awkward relationships, our first exposure to cliques, power and the cult of celebrity. These dark thoughts and feelings thrive in the void... -
Are you ready to lead? Get your “career ducks” in a row!
Posted on January 11, 2012 | No CommentsI’ve been thinking a lot about New Year’s Resolutions this year, probably because I was successful in keeping mine for the first time ever last year (I went to bed earlier/slept more and lost the baby weight I’d been carrying for 5 years). I want... -
Vision Check
Posted on January 9, 2012 | 1 CommentI am currently working with the senior leaders of an organization, to craft a vision that will guide them over the next five years. I was leading some group sessions to learn more about one of the organization’s key teams, when that team’s leader confronted... -
Innovation – Try something new
Posted on January 5, 2012 | No CommentsThis is the time of year when we all take a moment to reflect and then set those ever elusive new year resolutions. Although a bit counter intuitive, less is actually better than more. We can easily overwhelm ourselves with too many to focus on... -
Five Fun Guys for Families
Posted on December 27, 2011 | 3 CommentsAs we prepare for the 2012 campaign year, we are bombarded with messages from political candidates. Thanks to Facebook and Twitter I have friends and colleagues from left to right and everything in between. The chatter is all over the place – each party shouting... -
Annual tradition: Give like Scrooge and The Grinch
Posted on December 22, 2011 | 1 CommentYeah, I know. I’m being a little lazy, but it’s the holidays. We’re all really busy this time of year. But, as with our favorite Christmas shows and holiday music, I discovered that the blog post I wrote last year is a still relevant. So,... -
Nonprofit 100 vs Nonprofit Reality
Posted on December 19, 2011 | No CommentsYesterday the Star Tribune published nonprofit 100 the 16th annual report along with complementary reports on nonprofit CEO salaries and features on nonprofits serving youth in crisis and small business lending. Themes of cost-cutting, consolidation and new business models are not really news in the... -
A Few Tools on Coaching as learned from Janel Anderson of Working Conversations
Posted on December 16, 2011 | No CommentsI had the opportunity to attend a 4-hour workshop on coaching presented by Janel Anderson, PhD , CEO of Working Conversations. She presented many coaching tools; a couple of simple ones are below. They can be applied for coaching direct reports, self-coaching and peer to...
